Table 2.

Percentage distribution of low parental occupational class, parental unemployment, and mean values of depressive symptoms across typical trajectories. Results for men (n = 492)

	Trajectory 1	Trajectory 2	Trajectory 3	Trajectory 4
Low parental occupational class (%)	23.1	28.4	53.6	54.1
Parental unemployment (%)	12.6	22.9	23.2	25.9
Depressive symptoms (mean)	0.42	0.36	0.42	0.50

Trajectory 1: Long education into stable employment (29.1%, n = 143); Trajectory 2: Medium education into stable employment (22.2%, n = 109); Trajectory 3: Short education into stable employment (31.5%, n = 155); Trajectory 4: Continuously unstable situation (17.3%, n = 85)